This version of Victim of Changes is from Judas Priest's Unleashed in the East 'live' album. The two lead guitarists are K.K. Downing and Glenn Tipton, which reminds me of the Sun Kil Moon song 'Glenn Tipton', a nod to the debate among Priest fans over which guitarist is their favorite.
The opening dueling guitar duet up and down the fret gonna make you sweat yet. At 0:23 the drums kick it and the guitars head into a sweet rockin riff. At 0:47 the awesome powerhouse vocals of Rob Halford enter:
Whiskey woman don't you know that you are drivin' me insane...
I love Halford's little 'oh yeah' at 1:15. A nice interlude from 1:40 - 2:00, including a cool drum fill from Les Binks at 1:52.
Take another look around, you're not goin' anywhere...
The song is about a woman's relationship failing because of her alcoholism. Pretty depressing.
Takes another drink or two, things look better when she's through...
At 2:52, we enter a stop and start vocal section where Halford has had enough...a blistering guitar solo rises over the madness. At 4:40 the intensity is brought down as Halford reflects that
Once she was beautiful, Once she was mine, but now change has come over her body and she is a completely different person. Halford wails away at 6:07, mourning the circumstances. A tragic tale comes to an end.
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